24 Jun 2020

Severn Trent partners with Notts Wildlife Trust on sustainability projects for Nature Recovery Network Trailblazing work funded by Midlands water company, Severn Trent has been welcomed by Natural England for providing a major contribution to the Nature Recovery Network. Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, is now calling for other companies to follow suit. A partnership […]

24 Jun 2020

Surge in women applying for manual jobs after wording in adverts made less ‘masculine’ ‘Language matters. Words reflect cultural norms and maintain social realities,’ campaigner says More women have put themselves forward for manual frontline jobs at Thames Water after the company altered the “masculine coded” phrasing of its recruitment adverts. The firm used an online tool that […]

24 Jun 2020

Phosphate-rich runoff from free-range chickens is causing the spread of algal blooms that devastate the river’s ecosystem Guardian: ‘The beauty of the River Wye has been acclaimed for centuries. “If you have never navigated the Wye, you have seen nothing,” wrote the travel writer William Gilpin 250 years ago. And its reputation still makes it […]

23 Jun 2020

Do you use marine data? We need your help!   In an effort to better understand the uses and ultimately the societal value of public ocean data, the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) are working alongside the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The first […]

23 Jun 2020

Over the last few months there has been a torrent of reports and ideas for a greener and more sustainable outcome from the Covid pandemic. These ideas are important given the clear need for UK and Governments around the world to figure out how best they might invest in the future to rebuild economies. The […]

23 Jun 2020

This post outlines a simple ‘three pillar’ framework to help realise the often untapped potential of behaviour change.  Pillar 1 is private personal action in the form of a new behaviour which stays in the private domain.  Pillar 2 is where that behaviour is made available in the public domain through informal channels such as […]

23 Jun 2020

Future of Our Inshore Fisheries conference report The next steps for an ambitious and collaborative project which aims to improve how inshore fisheries are managed in the UK have been published. The industry-led steering group of the Future of Our Inshore Fisheries project has released both a report, detailing discussions from a conference held last year and an action […]